the youth
noun
: the young people
The show sends a strong message to the youth of America.
The city's youth need strong role models.
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Some parents call his rhetoric alarmist, and other researchers argue that his evidence isn’t strong enough to draw social media as the correlation behind the youth mental health epidemic.
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Rachel Hale, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Another 5,200 were killed during the youth/Liberty hunt and 3,400 during the early antlerless firearm season.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Sales of beer have dropped year-over-year, and Pew Research and other reports have shown that the youth movement away from alcohol has rippled out to all age groups.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
The mayor said that includes deploying SWAT units Downtown, pushing the youth curfew even earlier and rerouting buses from Government Square.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Hale, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Another 5,200 were killed during the youth/Liberty hunt and 3,400 during the early antlerless firearm season.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Sales of beer have dropped year-over-year, and Pew Research and other reports have shown that the youth movement away from alcohol has rippled out to all age groups.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
The mayor said that includes deploying SWAT units Downtown, pushing the youth curfew even earlier and rerouting buses from Government Square.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025
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“The youth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20youth. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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